Show all records
Click image for high resolution zoom or multiple image views.

    Artist

  • Unknown Artist

    • Title

  • Otto Hirsch Medal

  • Physical Description

    1 medal : silver ; 2.4" x 2.4" ; 6 x 6 cm

  • Date

    1985 ?

  • Place of Publication

    [Stuttgart]

  • Notes

    Stored in original box.

  • Summary

    Recto: Relief portrait of Otto Hirsch with his name and dates. Text around the edge of the medal, in German and Hebrew: "Ein Geschlecht sagt's dem anderen."

    Verso: In bottom right, a coat of arms of Stuttgart, a cross, a Menorah and an olive branch. At top, text, "für besondere Verdienste verliehen an" above a blank space. Around the edge is text, "die Landeshauptstadt und die Stuttgarter Gesellschaft für Christlich-Jüdische Zusammenarbeit." On bottom of medal on its edge is the mark 1000.

  • Depicted

    Hirsch, Otto, 1885-1941

  • Place

    Stuttgart (Germany)

  • Genre

    Commemorative medals; Portraits

  • Medium

    Medals

  • Part Of

    Otto Hirsch Collection, AR 234

  • Accession Number

  • URL

Biographical/Historical Information

Otto Hirsch was born in Stuttgart in 1885, the son of Louis Hirsch (ME 310). He was a co-founder and board member of the Neckar AG which was responsible for the canalization of the Neckar river. After his forced dismissal in 1933, he dedicated himself to Jewish politics and became the chairman of the newly founded "Reichsvertretung der deutschen Juden". Otto Hirsch died in the Mauthausen concentration camp in 1941.

Since 1985, the city of Stuttgart, the Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation, and the Jewish congregation in Stuttgart presented annually the Otto-Hirsch-Award to various personalities who have devoted themselves to cooperative work between Christians and Jews.

Reproductions and Permissions

We welcome fair use of this content. Please credit the Leo Baeck Institute in your citation. For usage policies and to request higher resolution images, see Reproductions and Permissions.

Citation

Unknown Artist: Otto Hirsch Medal, Leo Baeck Institute, 61.195.